. >> this is toward reece university in nearby fairfax, va., just outside the nation's capital. president obama is set to arrive shortly. his first campaign stop of the day. later on today he will be speaking at cleveland state university. we will have this live wanted starts. the president is likely to comment on the on plumbing figure, dropping to 7.8%, from 811%. we will also have coverage of mitt romney come in abingdon, va. while we wait for the president, we bring you a portion of this morning's "washington journal." one of the question of the debate, looking at the role of government. host: the store was part of peter bakker's coverage of the debate on the front page of yesterday's "the new york times." it is also the subject of a fairly new poll from the gallant group, majority in the u.s. say government is doing too much still. we wanted to turn to you to ask you the question, what the believe the role of the government should be in your life? let us listen to president obama as he answered the question in the debate this week. >> the first goal of the federal governmen